A solo mother and her four boys, who lost everything in a suspected arson attack, are being helped by a local radio station in time for Christmas.
The MoreFM Rotorua Christmas Appeal is getting behind a local family devastated last weekend after all their belongings - bedding, furniture, whiteware, family pictures and clothes - went up in flames.
The family of five had stored all their belongings in an unused cow shed while looking for a house in Galatea.
At the end of last month the shed caught fire, destroying all the belongings.
The family, who did not want to be named, have been staying with sister and aunty Sue Barnes in Rotorua until they can find an appropriate place to live.